Improvement in seed-drills



1. B. CLEIMANS.

Grain Drill.

Patented Feb. 8, 1870.

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JOSEPH B. GLEMANS, or KANSAS, ILLINOIS.

Letters Patent No. 99,536, dated February 8, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN SEED-DRILLS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To whom it may concern:

.Be it known that I, JOSEPH B. OLEMANS, of Kan-. sas, in the county of Edgar, and State of Illinois, have ends of the sced-tubes, so that when the drill is drawn pvcr the ground, no obstructions will accumulate on the lower end of the scedrtnbes.

Figure 1 is a view through the line C D, of fig. 3, showing the heels of the runners.

Figure 2 is a view through the line A B, of fig. 3, showing the position of thernnners. I

Figure 3 is a top .view of the frame-Work of the drill.

The dl awings only represent the parts of the drill necessary to show my improvement.

Similar letters of reference refer to similar parts in the different drawings.

E, fig. 2, is a runner, attached to the drill by means of the tongue M, extending from the' cross-bar N down to the runner E, as shown.

G is a seed-tube, extending from the seed-box down to the runner, and into it, at the heel, as shown.

F is a spring, placed above the heel of the runner, and extending up to the cross-beam H.

P is a connecting-chain, between the heel of each runner and the lifting-bar O. l

K is a lever, working upon the fulcrum I, and. connected to the lifting-bar O, by means of the chain J The operation of my invention is as follows: The machine is drawn over the surface of the ground,

and by so doin the runners, made of steel, or any suitable material, and with a cutting-edge, make an opening in the soil, and the seedfrom the seed-box passes down the tube G, through the hole in the heel of the runner, and into this opening in the soil, when it is covered by the loose dirt falling back into this opening made by the runner.

The spring 11, acting between the fixed point Hand the runner E, presses the runner intothe ground.

The runners are raised out of the ground by means of g the lever K, and-are held out of the ground by placing the end of the long arm of the lever under the hook L. There are as many of the runners as there are seed-tubes. Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is a.

1. The combination and arrangement of the runner E, spring F, and seed-tube G, substantially as shown, and for the purpose described.

2. The combination and arrangement of the runner E, seed-tube G, spring F, chains P and J, lifting cross bar 0, and lever K, substantially as shown and described.

J. B. OLEMANS.

Witnesses:

WM. S. Kns'rn, W. F. BOYER. 

